Abstract/Details

Empowerment strategies for native groups facing resource crises: A case-study of the Nuxalk Nation, Bella Coola, British Columbia

Penney, Lauren.   Concordia University (Canada) ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2004. MQ94642.

Abstract (summary)

This thesis examines the opportunities for Native empowerment through the employment of a host of resistance strategies. The focus is on the significance of the creation and ongoing maintenance of worldwide indigenous alliances and how these alliances counteract economic forces of globalization that direct resource control.

Using a case study of the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, British Columbia, the empowerment of this group through the use of a range of strategies partly afforded to them through tools of globalization such as the Internet will be explored. These strategies include maximizing opportunities for political leverage through international alliances and the international political arena and employing non-violent direct action as a strategy to protest environmental exploitation on unceded land.

Various resistance strategies, used in isolation and in combination with one another, can effect change and bring about empowerment to Native groups.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Geography;
Environmental science;
Minority & ethnic groups;
Sociology;
Ethnic studies
Classification
0366: Geography
0768: Environmental science
0631: Ethnic studies
Identifier / keyword
Health and environmental sciences; Social sciences
Title
Empowerment strategies for native groups facing resource crises: A case-study of the Nuxalk Nation, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Author
Penney, Lauren
Number of pages
98
Degree date
2004
School code
0228
Source
MAI 43/03M, Masters Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-0-612-94642-2
Advisor
Mulrennan, Monica
University/institution
Concordia University (Canada)
University location
Canada -- Quebec, CA
Degree
M.A.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
MQ94642
ProQuest document ID
305131769
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/305131769/abstract